# toothless mammal with keratin scales

Part 3 on Dinosaur ‘Lips’: An evo-devo perspective » Why Lips? One of the things that seems to get lost in the lips discussion is the evolutionary reason for lips. Unfortunately, little seems to be explicitly published on the evolutionary pressures t… Palaeozoographer.wordpress.com

Evo-Devo of feathers and scales: building complex epithelial appendages » …keratin and an inner surface and a hinge region composed of α-keratin. Cell… Sawyer RH, Goetinck PF. Developmental genetics of the integument and limbs of … Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Pangolin scale seizures at all-time high in 2019, showing illegal trade still booming » Despite increased protections, the scaly mammals continue to be exploited for the traditional Chinese medicine market, according to a report shared exclusively with National Geographic. Nationalgeographic.com

A review and reappraisal of the specific gravities of present and past multicellular organisms, with an emphasis on tetrapods » The density, or specific gravity (SG), of organisms has numerous important implications for their form, function, ecology, and other facets of beings living and dead, and it is especially necessary t… Anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Mark P. Witton's Blog » Nov 17, 2017…… animals grow keratin sheaths today. But maybe this isn't just a… scales and, in some species, even expansive, mostly cartilaginous noses. Markwitton-com.blogspot.com

Rare Pangolins May Be Eaten to Extinction, Conservationists Warn » Jul 29, 2014… Pangolins, native to Asia and Africa, are the world's only mammals with true scales made of keratin.… toothless creatures, after the vessel … Livescience.com